Punk musician G.G. Allin (1956-93) led a short hard life marked by drug binges, violence, mental illness and on-stage coprophagy. I’ve never heard any of his music, but reading about this legendary underground figure I came across the above remarkable photograph.

Dear Reader, please disregard for a moment the guy to the left who is covered in blood and feces. Look at the audience members to the right. What are they feeling? What do their expressions signify?

Maniacal glee? Revulsion battling with fascination? Is the bearded guy dancing? Has the leftmost guy just smoothened his features for the camera? What are they thinking? I really have no idea. It’s like a photograph from Mars.

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I’m sorry to tell you I can’t come tomorrow. As it turns out, one of my closest friends is arranging a birthday dinner and I can’t really skip that in favour of beer even if it is an extraordinary occasion.

its called real 1980’s hardcore, look it up
real hardcore lasted until around 86
as for the audience memeber there pissed off and don’t give a fuck, they went to hardcore shows to get their aggression out, somewat like when someone does yoga to calm themselves
the bearded guy is dancing, it was called slam dancing..a kind of dance that showed aggression

this was just another show, for those guys
watch the movie “American Hardcore” sometime
YOU WILL GET WHAT I’M SAYING